Woman killed in head-on collision
The driver of a Jaguar attempting an illegal shoulder pass caused a three car head-on collision that claimed her life on Friday afternoon, sheriff’s deputies said.
Linda Tangi, 64, of Lancaster, Calif., was driving her black 1999 Jaguar west on Seltice Way at about 4 p.m. when she clipped a Dodge truck that she was trying to pass on the right shoulder, said Sgt. Lisa Carrington of the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department.
The impact sent both vehicles into eastbound traffic, on the 6100 block of Seltice Way, near Stateline, Idaho.
The 2001 truck, driven by Michael Knight, a 52-year-old Newman Lake resident, landed in the middle of oncoming traffic. Deborah Zak of Worley, Idaho, was driving east on Seltice Way and couldn’t avoid hitting the truck, Carrington said.
Tangi wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and had to be extracted from the wreckage. After emergency crews freed her, she was transported to Kootenai Medical Center where she died.
Both of the other drivers and a passenger in the Jaguar, Carlton Bacon, 26, of Spokane, were wearing seatbelts and sustained minor injuries.
Zak was transported to Kootenai Medical Center where she was treated and released. Knight and Bacon were released at the scene.
Investigators don’t believe drugs or alcohol were a factor, Carrington said, but they think speed may have played a role in the fatal collision.
Symphony to offer free park concert tonight
To help welcome the participants of the 2005 9th Circuit Judicial Conference, the Spokane Symphony will present a free concert at 7:30 tonight in Spokane’s Riverfront Park.
The public is invited to sit on the lawn of the Lilac Bowl and enjoy a variety of music including the themes from “James Bond” and the “Star Wars Suite” to classical favorites by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Copland and Strauss. The orchestra will be led by the Spokane Symphony’s associate conductor, Morihiko Nakahara.
The judicial conference, which runs from Monday through Thursday, is an annual event for judges and lawyers practicing in the federal courts of the western United States. The theme of this year’s conference is “Perils and Possibilities: The Courts in an Uncertain World.” Among the participants this year is retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
Tonight’s outdoor concert is made possible by donations from Spokane’s legal community.